Ground, middle or top: choosing the right floor

Ground floor

• Often comes with a front or back lawn.
• No stairs, which suits older family members and young children.
• Can get less light and more street noise, and may be damper in the monsoon.
• In Stilt + 4 buildings, the ground level is parking, so there's no ground-floor home.

Middle floors

• Usually priced below the ground and top floors of the same building.
• Floors above and below help keep the temperature more even.
• Check whether there's a lift, and how many stairs you'd climb if it's down.

Top floor

• Often includes roof or terrace rights, which can add a lot of usable space. Confirm this in the deed.
• More light and better views, and no one living above you.
• Can be hotter in summer, so look at roof insulation and orientation.

Compare floors of the same building

Prices can differ a lot between floors of one building. On BuilderFloor.in, project pages show every floor of a building side by side, with price, area and price per sq ft, so you can see what each floor really costs.